Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) Wants to Nuke Syria

According to the Carpetbagger Report:

Now we know where Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) thinks the weapons of mass destruction are buried: in Syria, which he said he’d like to nuke to smithereens.

Speaking at a veterans’ celebration at Suncreek United Methodist Church in Allen, Texas, on Feb. 19, Johnson told the crowd that he explained his theory to President Bush and Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) on the porch of the White House one night.

Johnson said he told the president that night, “Syria is the problem. Syria is where those weapons of mass destruction are, in my view. You know, I can fly an F-15, put two nukes on ‘em and I’ll make one pass. We won’t have to worry about Syria anymore.”

The crowd roared with applause.

This is what Dr. Suess would have to say about this.

A pair of nukes
is all we need
we'll get those kooks
we will indeed

I will nuke them
in one pass
I will nuke them
in the ass

I will nuke them
so said Sammy
I will nuke them
in one big whammy

And this is what the Carpetbagger has to say about it.

This is so twisted, it’s hard to know where to start. Which of these is the most outrageous part of this story?

* That a sitting member of Congress is bragging about his desire to drop nuclear weapons?

* That Johnson has shared this idea with the president?

* That Johnson’s favored approach to non-proliferation is an unprovoked nuclear attack?

* That this speech delivered in a church?

* That Johnson’s audience “roared with applause"?